Sometimes you come across an app that strikes you as so simple yet so incredible. This is one of those apps. SPenBoard Switcher does one thing, and it does it flawlessly: it switches keyboards based on if your S Pen is stored or out. You can either have it in learning mode, where it learns what keyboard you use in each S Pen position, or fixed mode that… Read more

In a not-so-shocking turn of events, it has been found out that USB OTG is not supported by the Nexus 4. If you don’t know, USB OTG stands for On-The-Go and is a cable that plugs into your devices microUSB port and has a full USB port at the end. This allows you to plug keyboards, mice, flash drives, and controllers into your device, expanding its use… Read more

SwiftKey Flow, the keyboard we’ve been so excited for, has finally launched in its beta stage. SwiftKey Flow builds on the standard (and fantastic) SwiftKey keyboard, complete with word prediction and learning how you type. With Flow, you also get continuous typing. You can swipe across letters, stringing them together into words predicted as you type…. Read more

You probably already know how excited we are about SwiftKey Flow. To me, it’s a bigger app release than any game could muster. As the app I use most, SwiftKey is central to the operation of my Android phone. SwiftKey Flow just aims to make it much better, and from the looks of it, it will easily succeed. CMO of SwiftKey Joe Braidwood just made… Read more

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=YVhDbhH7nZ0 As an Android site, we’re used to “innovative” keyboards. Remember 8pen? Today, we have another one of those crazy but interesting keyboards for you, and this one is called Slice. It uses a key arrangement that is fairly similar to a QWERTY keyboard but is all hidden. Pressing one… Read more

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kA5Horw_SOE If you have forgotten, here’s a reminder: SwiftKey Flow is near the start of public beta testing, so prepare yourself. If you haven’t signed up for access to the beta, hit the source link and do so now! If you have, you should have received an email from them today. SwiftKey Flow is a new upcoming feature in… Read more

We know there are probably plenty of deals heading your way during this time of year, but if you’re in the market for a 10″ tablet you’ve an early deal to think about. Over at Woot.com today’s woot is a refurbished Asus TF300T Transformer Pad 10.1″ 16GB Tablet with Mobile Dock Keyboard for $299. You may be able to find this tablet model elsewhere for… Read more

Courtesy of Twitter tipster @evleaks, we’re getting a brand new look at the upcoming Samsung Stratosphere II for Verizon. The successor to the original Stratosphere features a 5-row keyboard, 4G LTE, and Samsung’s TouchWiz interface. Unfortunately, the images don’t allow us to decide much else about the phone, including a street date and pricing. We… Read more

The biggest feature to hit the Android keyboard in 4.2 is gesture typing, where you swipe across letters to write words, like Swype. Well, if you were wondering how it worked, you can try it out now. The full Android keyboard is available for download for almost any Android 4.0+ unrooted phone. To install, you need to have any phone running Ice Cream… Read more

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=kA5Horw_SOE Back in June Android keyboard app SwiftKey launched version 3.0 of its software, following its rival Swype announcing a major update to their software. Swype incorporated a traditional key-tapping interface (like SwiftKey) plus a slew of other features, including speech-to-text… Read more

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